I sit down with the CEO and Founder of Work On Your Game Inc., Dre Baldwin, to dive into what he believes is the real key to showing up consistently and achieving success in business and life: self-discipline. This episode is jam-packed with golden nuggets of wisdom you can apply to your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Dre Started His Personal Development Journey ✔ What The Third Day Means Outside The Sports World ✔ How Discipline Vs. Motivation Plays A Part ✔ Dre’s Habits ...
Jan 15, 2024•54 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast Not every idea or project is worth pursuing. Not every goal is worth creating. When deciding what you want to accomplish in your business this year, make sure it honors your vision of success, otherwise you could be sabotaging many of your personal goals in the name of a successful business and wind up ringing in 2025 feeling like you deserve a big fat F for 2024. Need help finding clarity on your vision of success so you know which goals are actually worth achieving this year? Then tune into th...
Jan 08, 2024•16 min•Ep 308•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into committing to one new microhabit that will help you enjoy the journey of being a business owner so you can be sustainable for the long haul and that is celebrating your wins, both big and small. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Focusing On Microhabits Is Important ✔ The Key To Success With Any Microhabit ✔ Why You’re Not Celebrating Your Wins But Should Be ✔ How Doing So Helps You Be More Productive ✔ Creative Way To Celebrate Your Wins ✔ So Much More! To access resources ...
Dec 18, 2023•25 min•Ep 307•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into how taking time to gain clarity on what hasn’t been working in your business this year and cleaning the slate of that baggage this month can help you start fresh in 2024. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ An Easy Way To Reclaim A Lot Of Time & Energy ✔ 3 Powerful Questions To Ask To Gain Clarity ✔ What You Need To Leave In 2023 ✔ Ideas For How You Can Start Fresh in 2024 ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/306 P.S...
Dec 04, 2023•24 min•Ep 306•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into some of my favorite task management strategies I use in my business and discuss how they can easily be implemented into your personal life to reduce stress and accomplish more. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ 5 Fundamental Task Management Strategies For Your Personal Life ✔ What Those Strategies Look Like In Your Business ✔ Easy-To-Implement Ideas For Streamlining Personal Tasks ✔ The 4 D’s Of Task Management ✔ Quick Tips For Reducing The Stress Of Running Errands ✔ So Much M...
Nov 21, 2023•29 min•Ep 305•Transcript available on Metacast I’m going to share with you a big decision that I recently made in my business and why I made it to help you determine if you are in need of making a big decision. Why? So you can take action to make sure your business goals align with your personal goals in this season. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ My Goals For This Upcoming Season ✔ The Big Decision I Made In My Business ✔ The Impact I Expect That Decision Will Make ✔ What You Can Bet I’ll Still Be Doing ✔ So Much More! To access re...
Nov 06, 2023•8 min•Ep 304•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the owner of Growing Your Team, Jamie Van Cuyk, to dive into some effective strategies to help you to grow your team by quickly attracting the right candidates and simplifying the hiring process! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Biggest Hiring Challenge Business Owners Face (And What To Do About It) ✔ Why Business Owners Often Hesitate To Hire ✔ How Long It Takes To Find A Great Hire On Average ✔ What Types Of Open-Ended Questions You Should Ask Candidates ✔ When It Is & I...
Oct 30, 2023•51 min•Ep 303•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into strategies to organize your workspace effectively so you can significantly increase your efficiency and improve your productivity. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Disorganization Is Costing You ✔ The #1 Reason You’re Not Organized… Yet ✔ Positive Proof You Can Get Organized ✔ The Magical Power Of A Reset ✔ How Improved Organization Will Impact Your Productivity ✔ Where To Get Started ✔ My Framework To Create Organization ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from...
Oct 22, 2023•18 min•Ep 302•Transcript available on Metacast Do you want to learn how you can build confidence and harness it to be a more effective, successful business owner? Then tune into today’s episode of Productivity Straight Talk in which I sit down with author and leader strategist, Nicole Kalil, to take a deep dive into all things confidence. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Confidence Really Is And How To Build It ✔ What Having Confidence Helps You Achieve ✔ The Impact Of Not Trusting Yourself In Your Business ✔ 5 Confidence Builder...
Oct 16, 2023•56 min•Ep 301•Transcript available on Metacast Well, we made it! 300 episodes of Productivity Straight Talk. Wow! It seems like only a few short months ago I was coming up with ideas for my very first episode. Yet here we are, six-and-a-half years later, producing our 300th episode. It’s been a great ride and I appreciate you being along for part of the journey! In this special 300th episode, I am going to share with you some thoughts from my heart - my version of an open letter to you, my listeners. I hope the episode inspires you to enjoy ...
Oct 09, 2023•9 min•Ep 300•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the founder and CEO of business consulting firm Golden Key Partnership, Lauren Goldstein, to dive into the world of fractional COOs and discuss what they can bring to the table of a business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Role Of A Fractional COO ✔ The Benefits Of Having One ✔ How To Know If Your Business Is Ready To Hire A Fractional COO ✔ How Long You Should Keep Them On Your Team ✔ A Typical Day In The Life Of A CEO Who Has A Fractional COO ✔ So Much More! To acc...
Oct 02, 2023•47 min•Ep 299•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into how you can get started creating systems in your business so you can gain more control, diminish overwhelm, and run a more efficient, profitable business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Business System Is ✔ The Results Of Not Having Effective Systems ✔ The Benefits Of Having Business Systems ✔ Where To Start Creating Systems ✔ The Key To Creating Systems ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/298 . P.S. Wan...
Sep 25, 2023•25 min•Ep 298•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the My guest on today’s episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I sit down with the CEO and Founder of Powered by Aspire, Renie Cavallari. Renie is an expert at helping people defeat their head trash so it stops holding them back from reaching their potential in their business and life. Tune in and learn how to dump your head trash that’s killing your productivity and sabotaging your success! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Head Trash Affects Our Work And Business ✔ 3 ...
Sep 18, 2023•55 min•Ep 297•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I dive into numerous ways you can stay true to yourself and take your marketing and visibility back to the reliable basics, all so you can strategically nurture your past and current client relationships and continue building long-term success. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Most Important Marketing Principle To Remember ✔ Ways To Simplify Your Marketing & Visibility ✔ A Breakdown Of Common Relationship Builders ✔ Marketing Systems That...
Sep 11, 2023•31 min•Ep 296•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down for a indepth client case study interview with the owner of interior design firm Ellen Nystrom Design. Ellen and I take a look back at her successful planning for, execution of, and return from a two-month sabbatical. Like many of us, Ellen had been feeling burned out post-Covid and while stepping away from her business for two months seemed impossible at first glance, her prudent planning and support helped her make it possible and then, her reality. What You’ll Discover In This Epis...
Sep 04, 2023•57 min•Ep 295•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into how you can create an organized digital file system and maintain it with ease so you can optimize the efficiency of you and your team! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Cost Of Keeping A Disorganized File System ✔ The Simple Steps To Create An Organized One ✔ How To Easily Maintain It ✔ Pro Tips For Long-Term Success Of Your System ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/294 . P.S. If you want help managing your t...
Aug 28, 2023•36 min•Ep 294•Transcript available on Metacast Calling all newbie and seasoned designers, builders, window treatment specialists! In this episode, I personally invite you to join myself, LuAnn Nigara, and many other top industry experts to LUANN NIGARA LIVE November 5-8, 2023 in Orlando, Florida… This is a 2 ½ day event that will give you the opportunity to work ON your business, get help solving challenges, and meet other design professionals who you can connect with. This year LUANN NIGARA LIVE is going to be about Health and Wealth! A We...
Aug 24, 2023•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with highly experienced mediator Doug Noll to dive into his work as a highly experienced mediator who is passionate about using proven strategies to help people de-escalate conflicts and even more specifically, calm an angry person in 90 seconds. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Emotional Invalidation Is And How It’s Harmful ✔ The Toxic Lie We All Believed Was True ✔ What Emotional Competency Is And Why It Matters ✔ The 3 Basic Emotional Competencies Worth Learning ✔ The 7...
Aug 21, 2023•49 min•Ep 293•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Productivity Straight Talk , I dive into the tendency of many business owners to overcomplicate their businesses and discuss strategies to simplify your business so it is less overwhelming and more enjoyable. What You Will Discover: ✔ How You’re Sabotaging Yourself In The Name Of Efficiency ✔ How I Use The Insights Feedback Loop To Simplify My Business ✔ Important Questions To Ask Yourself ✔ How To Stop Overcomplicating Your Business ✔ So Much More! I hope you enjoy this week’...
Aug 16, 2023•26 min•Ep 292•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with Work Reinvention Coach & Solopreneur Strategist at Screw The Cubicle, Lydia Lee, to dive into her entrepreneurial journey that started with building a large, successful business that wasn’t in alignment with her personal goals and ended with her strategically running a cozy small business she loves that enables her to chase the sun. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Lydia’s Motivating Factor To Leave Corporate For Entrepreneurism ✔ Ways Her Business Grew Organically Instead...
Jul 31, 2023•56 min•Ep 291•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into a simple method to make your task list more manageable and prioritize the tasks and projects on it, so you can stay focused on the activities that will help you achieve your goals. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why There Is A Need For A Method To Manage Your Tasks & Projects ✔ The Beliefs That Are Clouding Your Decision Making ✔ What The 4 D's Of Prioritizing Your Tasks & Projects Are ✔ How To Apply Them To Your Task List ✔ What Results You’ll See When You Use Them Consiste...
Jul 31, 2023•19 min•Ep 290•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the Founder and CEO of Talents ASCEND, Robyn Grable, to dive into how AI is being used by businesses all over the world to successfully source, recruit, and hire quality talent. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Task-Focused Job Descriptions Don’t Work ✔ Why Job Boards Are No Longer Cutting It ✔ Where To Find Quality Candidates If Not Indeed.com ✔ Ways AI Can Be Utilized In Hiring ✔ How Robyn’s AI For Hiring Business Works ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links f...
Jul 24, 2023•48 min•Ep 289•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the much utilized Pomodoro Technique so you can decide if it would be an effective time management tool to use in your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What The Pomodoro Technique Is ✔ Why It Can Be A Useful Time Management Tool ✔ The Benefits Of Blocking Your Time ✔ Why I Don’t Use The Pomodoro Technique Buy Maybe You Should ✔ What I Do Instead To Block My Time ✔ How To Apply The Pomodoro Technique To Your Your Workflow ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links ...
Jul 17, 2023•19 min•Ep 288•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the President of Paperback Expert, Michael DeLon, to dive into the marketing strategy of writing a book to find new clients and grow your business and discuss ways to get the process started. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How I Define Marketing & Visibility ✔ Who Should & Shouldn’t Write A Book ✔ Why Michael Sees Most Business Owners As Coffee Beans ✔ What Your #1 Asset In Your Business Is ✔ How To Leverage Writing A Book To Grow Your Business ✔ How Your Voice, Tone, & ...
Jul 10, 2023•39 min•Ep 287•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the long, drawn-out answer to this specific question I get asked by my clients a lot: should I combine my work and personal calendars? The answer, of course, is a detailed one. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Benefits Of Combining Your Work And Personal Calendars ✔ What Would Make The Answer A No ✔ How To Create A Hybrid If You Want To Keep Them Separate ✔ What Would Make The Answer An Absolute Yes ✔ Pro Tips For Combining Your Calendars ✔ So Much More! To access resource...
Jul 03, 2023•18 min•Ep 286•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the CEO and Cofounder of Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network, Joshua Freedman, to dive into the practice of emotional intelligence and the impact it can have on your outcomes in business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Emotional Intelligence Is ✔ Why It’s Important To Practice It In Business ✔ How To Work Through Your Feelings And Show Up Your Best ✔ What Happens When You Ignore Your Feelings ✔ The Observer State That Can Transform Work Conflicts ✔ How To Be ...
Jun 26, 2023•57 min•Ep 285•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the topic of getting unstuck so you can get clarity on the root cause of why you’re stuck and start working toward a solution. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Being Stuck Is ✔ What That Can Look Like In Your Business ✔ What Being Stuck Leads To ✔ Why You’re Feeling Stuck ✔ 3 Steps For Taking Action To Get Unstuck ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/284 . P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating ef...
Jun 19, 2023•19 min•Ep 284•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down for an update interview with my past client Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc., to discuss how she navigated a tragic event that heavily impacted her business, gain insight into where her business is now, and find out if she surpassed her $1 million revenue goal. The conversation is an honest, vulnerable one I wanted to highlight because it’s so inspirational and the message impactful for small business owners who choose to learn from it. What You’ll Di...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep 283•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc. We take an in-depth look at how she went from being a corporate dropout to a successful small business owner on track to make $1 million in revenue. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Non-Negotiables For Business Owners ✔The Challenges Vita Faced Building Her Team ✔ How Business Owners Should Emulate Athletes ✔ The Mantra That Keeps Vita Learning And Productive ✔ Why She Embraces 50/50 Coaching Partnershi...
Jun 05, 2023•59 min•Ep 282•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with life coach David Wood to dive into a healthy structure for approaching tough business conversations you want to avoid, so you can effect positive change, abolish resentment, reduce anxiety, and sleep better. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Common Tough Business Conversations ✔ The 3-D Process That Can Alleviate Your Resistance To Them ✔ Why It’s Important To Name Your “Mouse” ✔ The Upsides To Having Tough Conversations ✔ Why Consent Is A Prerequisite For Having Them ✔ How...
May 29, 2023•44 min•Ep 281•Transcript available on Metacast 
